Abaqus/CAE

(ver. 6.10) Stringer Tutorial

Problem Description

A table made of steel tubing with a solid steel

top and shelf is loaded with an oblique
impulse load. Determine the transient
response of the table.

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Analysis Steps
1. StartAbaqusandchoosetocreateanewmodeldatabase
2. InthemodeltreedoubleclickonthePartsnode(orrightclickonpartsandselectCreate)

3. IntheCreatePartdialogbox(shownabove)namethepartand
a. Select3D
b. SelectDeformable
c. SelectShell
d. SelectExtrusion
e. Setapproximatesize=5
f. ClickContinue

4. First,createthetabletop.
a. Createthegeometryshownbelow
b. Extrudethetop1meter.

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 5. InthetoolboxareaclickontheCreateDatumPoint:OffsetFromPointicon.
a. Selectacornerofthetabletop,enter(0,1,0)fortheoffsetandpressEnter.
b. Repeatfortheremaining3cornersofthetabletop.

6. InthetoolboxareaclickontheCreateWire:PointtoPointicon
a. SelectDisjointwiresandMergewirewithpartgeometry,ClickAdd
b. Selectacornerofthetabletop,thenselectthedatumpointdirectlybelowit.
c. Repeatfortheremainingthreecorners,ClickDone,ClickOK

7. InthetoolboxareaclickontheOffsetFacesicon
a. Selectthetopofthetable,ClickDone
b. UnderOffset,selectDistanceandsetthevalueto0.5,ClickOK

8. DoubleclickontheStringersnodeinthemodeltree

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 a. Selecttheedgesofthetabletop,ClickDone
b. Selecttheedgesoftheshelf,ClickDone

9. DoubleclickontheMaterialsnodeinthemodeltree

a. Namethenewmaterialandgiveitadescription
b. ClickontheMechanicaltabElasticityElastic
c. DefineYoungsModulusandPoissonsRatio(useSIunits)

d. ClickontheGeneraltabDensity
e. Density=7800

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 f. ClickOK
10. DoubleclickontheProfilesnodeinthemodeltree
a. NametheprofileandselectBoxfortheshape
b. ClickContinue
c. Enterthevaluesfortheprofileofa=b=0.05andauniformthicknessof0.003asshownbelow.
d. ClickOK

11. DoubleclickontheSectionsnodeinthemodeltree
a. Namethesectionstructural_tubeandselectBeamforboththecategoryandthetype
b. ClickContinue
c. LeavethesectionintegrationsettoDuringAnalysis
d. Selecttheprofilecreatedabove(square_tube)
e. Selectthematerialcreatedabove(Steel)
f. ClickOK

12. DoubleclickontheSectionsnodeinthemodeltree
a. NamethesectionplateandselectShellCategoryandHomogeneousforType
b. ClickContinue

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 c. Settheshellthicknessto0.006andthematerialtothematerialcreatedabove.
d. ClickOK

13. ExpandthePartsnodeinthemodeltree,expandthenodeofthepartjustcreated,anddoubleclickon
SectionAssignments
a. Selectthelegs
b. Selectthebeamsectioncreatedabove(structural_tube)
c. ClickOK
d. Selectthestringerscreatedalongtheshelledges
e. Selectthebeamsectioncreatedabove(structural_tube)
f. ClickOK

g. Selectthetabletopandshelf
h. Selecttheshellsectioncreatedabove(plate)
i. ClickOK

14. ExpandtheAssemblynodeinthemodeltreeandthendoubleclickonInstances
a. SelectDependentfortheinstancetype
b. ClickOK

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15. DoubleclickontheStepsnodeinthemodeltree
a. Namethestep,settheproceduretoLinearperturbation,andselectFrequency
b. ClickContinue
c. Givethestepadescription
d. Numberofeigenvaluesrequested=50
e. ClickOK

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 16. DoubleclickontheBCsnodeinthemodeltree
a. Nametheboundaryconditionedfixed_legsandselectSymmetry/Antisymmetry/Encastreforthe
type
b. ClickContinue
c. SelectthelowerendofallthelegsandpressDoneinthepromptarea
d. SelectEncastre.
e. ClickOK

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 17. DoubleclickontheStepsnodeinthemodeltree
a. Namethestep,settheproceduretoLinearperturbation,andselectModaldynamics
b. ClickContinue
c. Onthebasictab,setthetimeperiodto0.5andthetimeincrementto0.0025(totalof200
increments)
d. Onthedampingtab,applyacriticaldampingfractionof0.05toall50modes
e. ClickOK

18. InthemodeltreedoubleclickonAmplitudes
a. SelectSmoothstepandnametheamplitude
b. Enterthetimeandamplitudesshownbelow
c. ClickOK

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 19. DoubleclickontheLoadsnodeinthemodeltree
a. SelectLineloadandclickContinue
b. Selecttheshortedgeoftheshelf
c. SetComponent1and2to100000(100e3)
d. ChoosetheamplitudecreatedaboveandclickOK

20. InthemodeltreeundertheAssemblynode,doubleclickonSets
a. Nametheset,selecttheGeometryoption,andclickContinue
b. Selectthecornerofthetabletopabovewheretheloadwasapplied.

21. DoubleclickontheHistoryoutputrequestsnodeinthemodeltree
a. Namethehistoryoutput,selectthemodaldynamicsstep,andclickContinue
b. SetthedomaintoSetandselectthesetcreatedabove
c. Forthefrequencychoosetooutputevery1increments

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 d. FortheoutputselecttheU1,U2andU3displacements
e. ClickOK

22. InthemodeltreedoubleclickonMeshfortheTablepart,andinthetoolboxareaclickontheAssign
ElementTypeicon
a. Selectallthebeamsections(legsandstringers)
b. SelectStandardforelementtype
c. SelectLinearforgeometricorder
d. SelectBeamforfamily
e. Notethatthenameoftheelement(B31)anditsdescriptionaregivenbelowtheelementcontrols
f. ClickOK

g. Selectthetabletopandshelf
h. SelectStandardforelementtype
i. SelectLinearforgeometricorder
j. SelectShellforfamily
k. Uncheckreducedintegration,ClickOK

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 23. InthetoolboxareaclickontheSeedParticon.

a. SetApproximateglobalsizeto0.1.ClickOK

24. InthetoolboxareaclickontheMeshParticon
a. ClickYesinthepromptarea

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 25. InthemenubarselectViewPartDisplayOptions
a. ChecktheRenderbeamprofilesoption
b. ClickOK

26. ChangetheModuletoProperty
a. ClickontheAssignBeamOrientationicon
b. Selecttheleggeometryfromtheviewport,ClickDone
c. Acceptthedefaultvalueoftheapproximaten1direction,PressEnter,ClickOK
d. Selectthelongedgesofthetopandshelf,ClickDone
e. Acceptthedefaultvalueoftheapproximaten1direction,PressEnter,ClickOK
f. Selecttheshortedgesofthetopandshelf,ClickDone
g. Acceptthedefaultvalueoftheapproximaten1direction,PressEnter,ClickOK

27. InthemodeltreedoubleclickontheJobnode
a. Namethejob
b. ClickContinue
c. Givethejobadescription
d. ClickOK

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 28. InthemodeltreerightclickonthejobjustcreatedandselectSubmit
a. WhileAbaqusissolvingtheproblemrightclickonthejobsubmitted,andselectMonitor

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 b. IntheMonitorwindowcheckthattherearenoerrorsorwarnings
i. Ifthereareerrors,investigatethecause(s)beforeresolving
ii. Iftherearewarnings,determineifthewarningsarerelevant,somewarningscanbesafely
ignored

29. Inthemodeltreerightclickonthesubmittedandsuccessfullycompletedjob,andselectResults

30. Displaythedeformedcontouroverlaidwiththeundeformedgeometry
a. Inthetoolboxareaclickonthefollowingicons
i. PlotContoursonDeformedShape
ii. AllowMultiplePlotStates
iii. PlotUndeformedShape

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 31. InthetoolboxareaclickontheCommonPlotOptionsicon
a. NotethattheDeformationScaleFactorcanbesetontheBasictab
b. ClickOK

32. InthemenubarclickonResultsActiveSteps/Frames
a. UnchecktheExtractFrequenciesstep
b. ClickOK

33. Clickonthearrowsonthecontextbartochangethetimestepbeingdisplayed
a. Clickonthethreesquarestobringuptheframeselectorsliderbar

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 34. Ontheresultstree,expandtheHistoryOutputnodeanddoubleclickonthespatialdisplacementhistory
created

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